NURSING 230AAdvanced Pathophysiology I
Nursing · 3 units · Graduate courses (200-299)
Course 230A is requisite to 230B. In-depth examination of general pathophysiological processes that underlie human illness and disease across all body systems including cellular adaptation, fluid and electrolyte balance, acid-base balance, immunity, inflammation, infection, wound healing, genetics, neoplasms, temperature regulation, somatosensory and pain processing, stress and disease, and activity and fatigue regulation. Detailed study and analysis of manifestations of, and responses to, processes of cellular and molecular pathology at extracellular, system and human levels.
Letter grading.
When it runs
- Fall 2025
- Fall 2026
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Requisites: courses 3, 13, or equivalent taken within last three years.
BruinTree reads · Prerequisite
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- equivalent taken within last three years
- · could not read "equivalent taken within last three years" (no course number found)
- · mixed comma-level AND/OR in "courses 3, 13, or equivalent taken within last three years" — grouping is a best reading
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
NURSING 230A
- NURSING 3Human Physiology for Health-Care Providers
- NURSING 13Introduction to Human Anatomy
2 direct requisites. The whole upstream is here — 2 courses over 1 level. Every course here opens its own tree.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
NURSING 230A
- NURSING 230BAdvanced Pathophysiology II
- NURSING 465BTertiary Prevention and Care of Medical-Surgical Patients and Familiesanother path to it
- NURSING 465AFoundational Concepts for Tertiary Prevention and Care of Medical-Surgical Patients and Families
- NURSING 268Leadership in Health Care Systems
- NURSING 267Health Care Policy
- NURSING 462Maternity Nursing
- NURSING 463Nursing Care of Geriatric Patients and Families
- NURSING 464Pediatric Nursing
- NURSING 465BTertiary Prevention and Care of Medical-Surgical Patients and Familiesanother path to it
- NURSING 467Clinical Internship: Integration
- NURSING 465BTertiary Prevention and Care of Medical-Surgical Patients and Families
- NURSING 461Mental Health Nursing
- NURSING 465CTertiary Prevention and Care of Complex Medical-Surgical Patients and Families
3 courses list this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 22 courses over 3 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.